Pender County is looking for a new location for a jail after Burgaw commissioners last night voted down the county's request to rezone some land.
The county was under contract to purchase 34 acres along US 117 in Burgaw. Now it's back to the drawing board.

The death of an inmate in Pender County is under state investigation and an internal review.
The Pender County Sheriff's Office says at about 6:30 p.m. Thursday, a detention officer making rounds found Zachary Bruns, 18, unresponsive.

The SBI is investigating after an inmate in the Pender County Jail died this morning.
A Pender County Sheriff's Office spokesman says jail staff found Norris Winfred Murphy, 51, of Burgaw unresponsive on the floor of his cell